Fever of unknown origin: A review of 20 patients with adult-onset Still's disease

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-93

  Mert, Ali ^a   Ozaras, R ^a   Tabak, F ^a   Bilir, M ^a   Ozturk, R ^a   Ozdogan, H ^a   Aktuglu, Y ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adult onset Still's disease; Fever of unknown origin; Rash

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INDOMETACIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT ONSET STILL DISEASE; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLAGEN DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYALGIA; PHARYNGITIS; POLYMYOSITIS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RASH; RELAPSE; REMISSION; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEPSIS; SORE THROAT; SPLENOMEGALY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TONSILLITIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STILL'S DISEASE, ADULT-ONSET;

EID: 0037972482     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-002-0680-3     Document Type: Review

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